Category Archives: outdoors

City Winter [Haiku]

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trees, straight & bare, 
 line the boulevard. one leaf
  blows across the walk.

Salmon Skies [Free Verse]

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Sun dips below the hill;
 Light rises off the roof,
 And the lowest clouds
 Glow in salmon hues.

Fuzzy Moon [Haiku]

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moon slips behind 
 thin, wispy clouds —-
  shifting shape.

DAILY PHOTO: Turquoise Waters of Koh Phi Phi

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DAILY PHOTO: Ton Sai Bay

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“From China” by Amy Lowell [w/ Audio]

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   I thought: 
The moon,
Shining upon the many steps of the palace before me,
Shines also upon the chequered rice-fields
Of my native land.
And my tears fell
Like white rice grains
At my feet.

Racing Darkness [Haiku]

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longtail boat
 putters home at day's end,
  racing darkness.

DAILY PHOTO: Hatnoppharatthara Beach

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BOOKS: “Swimming” by Roger Deakin

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Swimming: Vintage MinisSwimming: Vintage Minis by Roger Deakin
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Publisher Site – Vintage Minis

This book contains a collection of excerpts from the book Waterlog by Roger Deakin. It’s one volume from a series of short books that contain essays, stories, poems, or book excerpts that is put out by Penguin under the imprint “Vintage Minis.” The book describes the author’s experiences of wild swimming throughout Britain. The description of nature and of the exhilarating experience of wild swimming are beautifully composed, and it’s an all-around pleasant read.

If you’re interested in wild swimming, I’d recommend this book.

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A Rugged Coast [Free Verse]

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Limestone lumps
   Karst columns
 Dot the waters,
   Like ancient wreckage --
      Wrack & ruin
      Slung near & far
      From coastal homelands;
 A landscape torn asunder
      And littered about,
      But beloved for the beauty
         Of its scraggy, weedy
         Weathered rock.